Stovepipe-cap



(No Model.)

A. KROLLQ STOVEPIPE CAP.

No. 584,079. Patented June 8,1897.

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AUGUST KROLIJ, OF LEOPOLIS, "WISCONSIN.

STOVEPlPE-CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,079, dated J une 8,1897.

Application filed D mber 12, 1896. Serial No. 615,521. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, AUGUST KROLL, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Leopolis, in the county of Shawano and State of \Visconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe-Caps; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to chiinney-cowls. Its object is to provide animproved chimneycowl.

The invention consistsin certain uovelfeatures of construction,hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of mychimney-cowl, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section.

A base-plate 1, adapted to lit to the roof, is provided with a sleeve 2.A hood 3, having vents 4, protected hyears 5, is mounted to slide uponsaid sleeve 2. Inwardly-hent tongues 6 project from the lower edge ofthe hood 3. These tongues are so formed as to leave openings forventilation between them and so bent as to hold, by their frictionagainst the sleeve, the hood in any position on the sleeve. A pipe 7extends to the top of the hood 3 and is attached thereto. The pipe 7 atits lower end is adapted to slide within the sleeve 2. An air-space ispreferably left between the sleeve and the pipe. A

cap 8, of any one of the well knownfornis, is

used to protect the upper end of the pipe from falling rain or snow. Aswill be seen in the accompanying drawings, there is an air-space betweenthe sleeve and the hood and an air-space also between the pipe and thehood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a chimney-cowl, the combination with a base-plate, of a sleeveattached thereto, a ventilated hood mounted to slide thereon, and asection of pipe attached to the hood and telescoping inside the sleeve.

2. In achiinney-cowl, the combination with a base-plate, of a sleeveattached thereto, a ventilated hood mounted to slide thereon, a sectionof pipe attached to the hood and moving therewith, and a cap attached tosaid pipe.

3. In a chimney-cowl, the combination with a base-plate, of a sleeveattached thereto, a hood provided with covered vents and mounted toslide on the sleeve, projecting tongues, having openings between them,adapted to engage said sleeve and hold said hood in any desiredposition, a pipe adapted to slide within said sleeve, and a cap carriedby said pipe.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST KROLL. Vitnesses:

A. GOHRMANN, FREND SACK.

